audio tape speed in Ruusia

[Ernie Sjogren]

I've read that European electricity is supplied at 50 cycles per second, as
opposed to the U.S.'s 60 cps, which (I'm guessing) would cause European
machines to run a little faster in the U.S., and U.S. machines a little
slower in Europe.

Ernie Sjogren

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From: "Alex" <a_strat at HOTMAIL.COM>
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Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 6:37 PM
Subject: Re: audio tape speed in Ruusia


> > There is no difference in the speed of tapes:  the problem is the tape
> > players:  the European standard player for 120V plays slower in the US,
and
> > the US plays faster in Europe (or vice versa, I do not remember
exactly).
> > However,  nowadays chips usually take care of that difference.  The
> > difference has something to do with the difference in the number of
cycles
> > in the European electricity versus the US.  Tapes, if played using the
> > European tape player in Europe, and using the American one in the US,
will
> > have the same speed.
>
> The speed of a tape certainly has nothing to do with the number of cycles.
> A good cassette drive should have a stabilized voltage suplly. 120 or 127
V makes
> no difference too. But if you plug a unit set for 127V into a main supply
for 220V
> you will surely burn down your power unit transformer.
>
> By the way. All non-military tape recorders in the FSU were copied from
western
> models. So there must be no difference in speed for any type of a tape
recorder.
>
> Alexander Stratienko
>
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